The Donor Took My Life

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e down, but I heard fragm

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was dripping with a tenderne

ack that cheesecake you like.

inside, a mask of apology a

he said, not quite meeting my eye

head so his lips landed on my cheek. "I'l

nodded,

amien, a worried frown on

ively. They were so good at this, acting

'll let you get some rest," he said.

eep, theatrical affection. "I'

mforting, but now felt like a violation. "Get some sl

ing along until the door

t was the sound of a cage door locking. A world with me o

might have been clingin

on the wall, each second a hammer blow against my heart. They were killing me

me back that nigh

held up. You get so

Cohen didn't

to the hospit

through the lobby when a commotion near

up and

ound Kara's shoulders. He was looking down at her

ther side, his voi

eatened miscarriage, Kara. You

arri

with the force o

She was

shouldn't have left me alone last night," she whimpere

uilt. "You're right. It's all

e other resting gently on her still-flat stomach. The look in his eyes... it

voice thick with emotion. "I wi

id, a small, triumphant

ng a lighthearted tone. "He'd bette

silhouetted against the bright light of the hospital e

t Damien's chest. "Will you

"Of course I will. You're my

e. My

again. I pressed my hand to my lips

of the hospital, my le

zzed. A tex

ot tied up in a meeting and couldn't make it

a broken, hysterical sound that was half sob, half shriek. T